5-yr plan to release all land in North - East
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Out of the 19,300 acres in the North - East region which still remain under the military, there are 2621 acres which are originally owned by private individuals. Out of these 2621 acres, 522 acres will be released by the end of this year, says Army spokesman - Brig. Sumith Atapattu.

Noting that the remaining land would be released under a five year plan, Brig. Atapattu had added that 80% of the land which remained under military control in the region was released to their original owners by July 31, 2018.

16,115 acres and 3185 acres in the North and East provinces respectively, still remain under military control.

Out of the 16,115 acres in the North, only 2561 acres have private ownership. In the East, the unreleased land area with private ownership is just 60 acres, the Army spokesman adds.

The Army has handed over 4.2 acres in the central Kankasanthurai area on Aug. 22 to be distributed among their private owners.

The Brigadier emphasised that no military camp would be closed down under this programme and what would happen is these camps would come under the existing brigades.